Nonlocality, Self-Adjointness and Theta-Vacuum in Quantum Field Theory in Spaces with Nontrivial Topology
Abstract
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We consider an analogue of the Aharonov-Bohm effect in quantum field theory: the fermionic vacuum attains nontrivial quantum numbers in the background of a magnetic vortex even in the case when the spatial region of nonvanishing external field strength is excluded. The dependence of the vacuum quantum numbers on the value of the vortex flux and the choice of the condition on the boundary of the excluded region is determined.
10 pages, LATEX file, to appear in Proceedings of X International Conference "Problems of Quantum Field Theory" (Alushta-96) JINR E2-96-369, Dubna, Russia, 1996
10 pages, LATEX file, to appear in Proceedings of X International Conference "Problems of Quantum Field Theory" (Alushta-96) JINR E2-96-369, Dubna, Russia, 1996